Republican (constitutionalist) President Monroe signs the (Missouri) Compromise of 1820, providing for the admission of the Massachusetts enclave of Maine as a free State, the admission of the federal enclave of Missouri as a slave State, and the prohibition of slavery north of thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes latitude.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
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References:
Missouri Compromise – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise
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